WAR’s Dig in Zedekiah’s Cave
Since my letter to Wyatt Archaeological Research (WAR) in June 2003, and after the completion of the WAR dig in July, I have had a number of people contact me to comment further on what WAR was doing. I have purposely held my peace on this matter until such time that I felt I had something substantive to share.
As you remember my main concern was that WAR was going contrary to what had been revealed through Ron Wyatt about how and when the Ark of the Covenant was to be accessed. For them to attempt to open a tunnel by digging when Ron clearly stated on a number of occasions that there was no need to dig, shows me that they do not believe the word of the founder of this work and their organization.
I can now say that while WAR has declared their dig a major success, with many exciting things discovered, they accomplished very little.
I have just completed a trip to Israel in which I had the opportunity to meet with a representative of the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA). One of the subjects we discussed was the recent dig at Zedekiah’s Cave by WAR.
I was also given access to Zedekiah’s Cave (it has been closed since the current intifada started) where I got a first hand look at the location and condition of the dig.
Based on these things I can tell you that WAR has dug a deep hole and is attempting to tunnel underneath an ancient wall. While they may find a tunnel (Ron stated years ago that this whole area is riddled with tunnels), my impression is that they will not gain access to the tunnel that leads to the Ark of the Covenant.
I was somewhat surprised to learn that WAR did not have a permit for this dig. The permit was actually given to an IAA archaeologist and WAR simply provided the labor for the dig. They also paid for the privilege. I was told that the IAA’s purpose for the dig was quite different than what was stated by WAR.
The best news out of all of this is that no one got hurt. For that I am thankful. I hope that WAR will not compound their mistake by continuing this dig. Time will tell. To be honest, the money and resources would be better spent elsewhere. I have heard that WAR currently plans to continue the dig sometime around February 2004.
January 4, 2026 @ 11:33 am
You are absolutely correct about the WAR dig in Zedekiah’s Cave… I was there in 2005 and I knew that the dig in Zedekiah’s cave would accomplish nothing as it was in the wrong place… had they kept digging and the wall not collapsed on them they would have dug right out into the open air of the escarpment face… too high above the ground level to have had any chance of finding the tunnel to the ark room. That tunnel, by the way, runs from Zedekiah’s cave to the ancient catacombs on the “Catholic Basilica” property across the alley from the Garden Tomb. The entrance into that tunnel is directly across from where the Cherub was carved into the wall. It has been deliberately buried beneath fifteen feet of rubble stone that abounds in the cave from the ancient quarrying done there. This was done by the IAA which is as corrupt and crooked as a snake. The tunnel was dug to the catacombs originally so they could get the dead bodies killed in Nebuchadrezzars siege outside the city walls without the enemy being any wiser.. They were dumped in those catacombs… NOT properly buried like the rich people’s burials there. You can still see thousands of jumbled together bones from those dead bodies in the first level of the catacombs which I was in. There were two more levels below that one that we could not access. When this tunnel was constructed, it crossed the natural cave tunnel leading to the Ark room. That is how that room was discovered and Jeremiah came to supervise the hiding of all the Bible artifacts in it. Another “bombshell…” Abraham’s altar is directly above the crucifixion site… I first found photos of it taken in the late 1800’s. I then took zoom lens pics of it from the old city wall facing the skull face escarpment in 2010. It was still there then I have the pics… old and recent.It is obviously made of unhewn stone as commanded by God. Now, since the Muslims built a wall around the top of Golgotha, it is no longer visible from outside that wall. A drone could photo it but I am sure that would not be allowed. The leader of War proved NOT to be a man of faith and so he has not been allowed to continue the discoveries that Ron made.